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Space Considerations 1) Class Size and School Capacity The Collaboration Work Group recommends that traditional school capacity be in accordance with State class size/teaching station requirements as outlined in North Carolina General Statute 115C-301. Elementary School -For school year 2006-07, elementary class size/teachin statio re uirements are------------------------------------------------- ---------------... t~e~a: -------~ _~,. g ---------------------------- • Average of 21 students per class in grades kindergarten through three ® Average of 26 students per class in grades four and five 10 students per class in special needs classrooms Based on the average class sizes outlined abovq,_the: capacity_ of_a_ traditional _.__.--- ~~~~ .forschool year200s-o7,~ elementary school totals 585 students - a reduction of 15 students from the oeie~a. e~'ng .. _.. - revious Coun_ __ standards of 600 students.___ SECTION =MOVEt7 TO,..aVEXT _,_,: ._ (?A - ty - - --°-------- ~~~~nds th oshould tPhe Genera ------•- -------- ----- --- -----------------•--------------•--------- -------------- -- -- re me at Middle School -Middle school includes grades six through eight. For school `~, Assembly amend Bass s¢es at any level, the County's School year 2006-07, middle school State class. size requirements are: Construction standards shomd be amended within some reasonable g ~ ''. timeframe that would allow for • Average of 26 students per class in grades six throu h ei ht . ........ .... consideration of funding and ® 10 students per class in special needs classrooms ', adequate timing of new schools: • •. `' Deleted: ¶ Based on the average class sizes outlined above, for school year 2006-07, the '~• Deie~a: s --- capacity of a traditional middle school veraf. es 700 students________________________________-_-___ D~~; totals . High School -High school includes grades nine through twelve. For school year 2006-07, high school class sizes allow for: Regular classrooms with a minimum capacity, 20 students per --- class/teaching station __ Deleted: of Vocational Education class rooms with a capacity ranging from 15 to 20 ~r;:: Deleted. s students per class/teaching station ---~ All other classrooms range from 15_ to__25_ students _per_ class/teachin ___._.-- Deiet~ed: ~o .station - o .For example a theater arts, class_ room__may__ have__upper_ range_,_.---- Deierna: capacity while exceptional education class rooms would be on the lower end of the spectrum For school year 2006-07, the capacity of a traditional high school ranges between 1,000 and 1,500 students.